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WITN ESSES ANDREW FEYES, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLV,

ASSIGNOB. T0 PITTSBURGH ELEC- TRICAL SPECIALTIES COMPANY, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION SAD-IRON.

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 11916.

Application filed May 23, 1914. Serial No. 840,518.

To all lwhom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ANDREWFEYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, county of Allegheny, and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' SadlIrons, ofv

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to electric `sad irons, and particularly to means for illuminating a zone or area in proximity to the point of vthe sad iron, so that the goods or material being ironed may be closely observed. The means of illumination also serves as a signal to indicate whether or not the currentv of electricity is flowing through the heating element of the iron.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a viewV partly in section and partly in elevation of an iron constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an isometric perspective view of a portion of tle bottom of the iron; Fig, 3 is a wiring diagram of a slightly modified form; and Fig. 4 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section -showing a modilied form of my invention.

The iron 1, the heating element 2, and the plug contact socket 3 may be of any preferred form, the particular construction of the iron forming no part of my invention. The plug receiving socket is provided with conductors 4 and 5 the conductor 4 leading from its contact through the top of the iron into a standard S to a socket 6 which is adapted to receive a lamp 7 provided with a semi-spherical reector 8 near the point of the iron so as to illuminate a z one in prox: imity thereto. The current may return from the socket through a conductor 9, a

spring Contact 10, switch 11, spring conductor 12, through the heating element 2 into. the spring conductor 13, and out throu h the conductor 5 to contact in the plug soc et 3. Thus, it will be seen that the light is in series with the heating elementz and if the switch 11 is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2 so that the circuit will be closed, the current will How through the lamp as well heated sad iron,

as through the heating element, and in the event that the filament of the lamp becomes illuminated, the operator will be apprised of the'fact that current is flowing through the heating element.

' The advantage of providing the reflector o n the lamp is to concentrate the rays of light upon the goods being ironed so that plaits, ruiiles, or the like may be observed during the process of ironing.

. In Fig. 3 Ihave shown a slightly modified form of wiring in which the circuit 14 comprising conductors 4a and 5a are provided with a'switch 11a adapted to close the circuit so that the current will iow through the conductors 12t1 and 13a into the heating element 2a. the lamp 7a being parallel with the heating element.

either in parallel or in series without departing from my invention.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the lamp circuit 14 as connected in parallel with conductors 4a and 5a similar to the wiring diagram shown in Fig. 3. The lamp circuit 14 extends through the handle 15, and is connected to a socket 16 carried thereby which supports the lamp 7 and the reflector 8a.

What I claim is 1. In an electric sad iron, a standard secured to the outer wall of the iron adjacent to the point thereof, a lamp on the standard, a reflector for thelamp, Yand means' for including the lamp in the sad iron circuit.

2. The combination with an electrically a circuit therefor, the circuit, a circuit closer for synchronously energizing the lamp and the heatin element, and a support for said lamp adjacent to the point of the iron and extending above the same.

Y/In testimony whereof, I ture in presence of two witnesses;

WM. L. Loris, B. F. FUNK.

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